Improved olothes-deiee



@uitrit tates gatent @frn HENRY N. KING AND AUSTIN Z. MASON, @E`ADRIAN,` MCHIGAN.

Letters .Patent lVo. (39,349, Zufall Och/[mr 1, 1867.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-DEER.

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TO ALL WI-IOM I'l MAY CONCERN Be it known that we, 'HENRY N. KING andAUSTIN Z. MASON, both of Adrian, in the county of Lenawee, and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful improvement in Clothes-Frames;and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescriptionof the construction and operation of the same, referencebeinghad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in whioh I K I Figure 1is a perspective View ot' the clothes-frame when open ready for use.

Figure '2, a perspective View of the frame when shut up and not in use.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, l willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

This invention is designed to be used for hanging wet clot-hes on whilethey are drying, and consists oi' eight standards, a, b, c, d, @,f, g,and 7L, tig. 1 of the drawing, each 'to be constructed of suitabledimensions of any kind of light wood. These standards are coupledtogether hy means of round wooden rods into four bents in the form ofrectangles, each bent consisting of two standards, and four round rodsat equal intervals, each bent standing perpendieularly upon the iioor.The standards are of unequal height, the two forming the rear bent beingseveral inches longer than the two forming the bent l) f qjust front ofit, and the bent l1 several inches higher than the bent c g, fig. 1, andso with the bent Z 7L, which contains but three round connecting-rods.That is, each bent is severai inches higher than the one immediately infront-'ot` it, as Ishown in the drawing, the whole frame containingfifteen round connecting-rods. lhese t'our bents are kept parallel, :1ndat equal distances apart by means of four slats, S S S S, iig. 1, which,when the fram-e is open, as shown in fig. 1, are parallel andhorizontal. Two of these slats are on one side and two on the other sideof the freine, crossing the standards atright angles. i Through thesestandards and slats at each point of Contact there is placed a screwfastened firmly into the standards and turning upon the slats, the headsof the screws keeping the slats. in their places. Two of the rounds R R,tig. 1, are supplied with a brace, B, which turns upon one of them andhooks upon the other, the brace having a slet cut in it near the upperend ferthe purpose of locking upon the round.

In order to close tne frame, which is shown by g. 1 to he open, we haveonly to raise the upper end of the brace B away front the round R, andthen, holding the rear bent, raise the front bent. a littleup, andpressing it towards the rear bent.thus bring the four standards eneither side so that their edges touch together,

' closing the frame, as shown at fig. 2. 'lhe frame when thus closedtakes up but ittle space. The frame when in use may stand upon the door,or it may be hungupon hooks in the wall, so as to be more out of theway.

' What we .claim as our invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is- The construction and use of the four bents e e, bf, e g, andZ 71 the four slats S S S S, and the brace the whole constructed andoperating substantially 'in the nia-nner and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY N. KING, AUSTIN Z. MASON.

Witnesses MARY CAs'rnLLo, MARY PHELAN.

